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National Briefing | West: California: Stem-Cell Grants Are Awarded

Published: September 10, 2005

California's $3 billion stem-cell agency began awarding its first research grants, despite legal challenges that put its future in doubt. The recipients of the first 16 grants, totaling $39.7 million over three years, included Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California and eight campuses of the University of California. Three nonprofit research laboratories and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles also received grants. It is unclear when the money will actually be handed. Lawsuits challenging the legality of the stem cell agency have prevented it from borrowing the $3 billion in bond money voters authorized in November.